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Teatro delle Quattro Fontane

1632 establishments in Italy1632 establishments in the Papal States17th-century establishments in ItalyBuildings and structures completed in 1632Music venues completed in 1632
Opera houses in RomeTheatres completed in 1632
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The Teatro delle Quattro Fontane ('Theatre of the Four Fountains'), also known as the Teatro Barberini, was an opera theatre in Rome, Italy, designed (in part) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and built in 1632 by the Barberini family. From 1632 to 1637 it was located in a large room inside the Palazzo Barberini at the Quattro Fontane. In 1639, it was moved to a new, free-standing building, northeast of the palace and adjacent to the garden. By 1830, the theatre had closed, and the building was used for other purposes. It was demolished in 1932.

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Teatro delle Quattro Fontane
Via Barberini, Rome Municipio Roma I

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00187 Rome, Municipio Roma I
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